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re: Older Baton Rouge residents. What lead to the decline of NBR?
Posted on 6/25/17 at 12:41 pm to Tigeralum2008
Posted on 6/25/17 at 12:41 pm to Tigeralum2008
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The neighborhoods look like they were well designed and could have supported a vibrant economy had they been perpetually maintained by individual property owners. Was this the issue ultimately causing residents to move to nicer areas/newer homes in SBR? What's going to happen when SBR homes get old?
A big part of the problem with N. Baton Rouge is the fact that decent-paying blue collar jobs have been going overseas for years.
This post was edited on 6/25/17 at 12:46 pm
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Posted on 6/25/17 at 12:51 pm to LongueCarabine
Not really. While NBR has some shuddered industrial facilities and warehouses along Choctaw, there are tons of jobs in NBR. They're just by and large not being worked by people living in the neighborhood. Those middle class black families who do live in the nice parts of NBR either work at those places, teach at area schools and universities, work for the state and local government, or hold professional degree jobs.
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